John bea



(No Model.)

J. BEAL.

DETAGHABLB HARNESS RosETTE.

Patented Deu. 27, 1887.

UNITED STATES JOHN BEAL, OF FENTON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF TOCHARLESv PATENT OFFICE.

WV. BUSH, OF SAME PLACE.

DETACHABLE HARNESS-ROSETTE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,691, dated December27, 1887.

Application filed March 28, 1887. Serial No. 232.660. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BEAT., a citizen of the United States, residingat Fenton, in the county of Genesee and State of Michigan, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Harness-Bosettes; andI dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and iigures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention in rosettes relates more especially to that class used onbridles.

'Ihe object of' said invention is to construct a rosette which willbecheap and durable, one that may berattached to the parts of a bridlewithout sewing any of the parts of the bridle to it, and being soconstructed that the rosette may be readily detached to allow therepairing of any of the parts connected thereto.

In my device the crown and frontstraps and the gag-runner are attachedto the back face of the rosette, and by removing a single screw passingthrough the crown-strap into the rosette all of said parts becomedetachable, as willbe fully set forth; and my invention consists in theorganization of parts, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed outparticularly in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l is aperspective of my device attached to the bridle of a horse. Fig. 2 is anenlarged perspective of the back face of the rosette, showing one end ofthe front strap attached, also the gag-runner, with crown-strap removed.Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective of the crown-strap, having like partsbroken away. Fig. 4 is a section taken on dotted linexzr of Fig. 2,showing the crownstrap attached. Fig. 5 :is a section taken on dottedvline Z Z of Fig. 6, looking toward the left. Fig. Gis a perspective ofthe backrface ofthe rosette, showing the gag-runner attached forright-hand side of bridle and dotted position to show attachment ofgag-runner for lefthand side.

As shown in the drawings, R represents the rosette, which consists ofthe base circular disk of plate B, the front of which is covered by thepolished plate B. Its annular flange a overlaps the periphery of theplate B. The covering-plate B may be dispensed with. In such a ease theouter plate, B, is to be ornamented or plated, as desired. I attach tothe back face of the plate B a series of studs, d, standing atrightangles to the plane of said plate. The center of the plate B has aprojeeting hub or head, H, 0f a triangular form, with an internallyscrew-threaded hole, e. (See Figs. 2 and 6.)

The front strap, F, is provided at each end with a hole, a', (see Fig.2,) and is attached to the rosette by passing one of thelugs dthroughsaid hole, as shown in Fig. 2. The ends ofthe strap meet one of thetriangular faces of the head H, as shown in FiO. 2, keeping it inposition. Thejoining ends of the gag-runner n are provided wit-h a hole,a', to receive a lug, d, of the rosette, by which it is attached to therosette.

The front strap, F, is attached to the rosette at nearly right angles tothe gag-runner n, as shown in Fig. 2.

The crown-strip Gis provided at each end with a cheekbillet, Z, and athroat-latch billet, t, which are formed from the crown-strip by makingthe slit or cut O. (See Fig. 3.) The crown-strip is attached to therosette (of which I employ two in a bridle) by crossing the back face atright angles to the front strap, F, and passing through the crown-strapa screw, S, which is forced into the screwthreaded hole e in the head ofthe rosette. (See Figs. 3 and Lit.)

It will be observed that the crown-strip being attached after placing onthe studs the front strap and gag-runner said front strap and gag-runmerare prevented from coming off of the studs d by the pressure of thecrown-strap O, and that the lug d presses against the crownstrap,thereby preventing the tilting of the rosette when the parts areattached.

To detach the parts, the screw S passing through the crown-strip isWithdrawn, when the front strap, F, and the gag-runner may be removedfrom the studs torepair said straps or to insert new ones. The partsattached to a rosette are held in position by asingle screw,

and by its removal the rosette, or any or all of said plate, theerownstrap and screw S bindro its attached parts, may be readilyremoved. ing said parts together, as and for the purposes Having thusfully set forth my invention, specified.

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by In testimony whereof I afxmy signaturein 5 Letters Patent, ispresence of two witnesses.

In a rosette, the combination of the plate B,

having on its back face the screw-threaded hub Witnesses: and series ofstuds, the front strap and gagrein JOHN THIEL, runner each removablyattached to a stud of C. WV. BUSH.

JOHN BEAL.

